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Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights

The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent institution within the Council of Europe, mandated to promote the awareness of and respect for human rights in 47 Council of Europe member states.  Website: www.coe.int/t/commissioner/default_EN.asp

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Climate change is causing an unprecedented, global human rights crisis - and must now be countered by co-ordinated, rights-based action 19 October 2009

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

It is still necessary to act for the abolition of the death penalty 5 October 2009

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

"Europe must respect migrants' rights" by Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the CIMADE 26 September 2009

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Persons with mental disabilities should be assisted but not deprived of their individual human rights 21 September 2009

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Flawed enforcement of court decisions undermines the trust in State justice 31 August 2009

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Serious implementation of human rights standards requires that benchmarking indicators are defined 17 August 2009

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Stop and searches on ethnic or religious grounds are not effective 20 July 2009

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Many Roma in Europe are stateless and live outside social protection 6 July 2009

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

Recommendation of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the implementation of the right to housing 30 June 2009

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports

"European countries should defend the International Criminal Court and request the US authorities to withdraw the idea of impunity for US nationals" 22 June 2009

Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights | Document type: Thematic Reports


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